Garson Wright Public Relations

In the mountains of Guanajuato, Mexico sits a picturesque community favored by artists and tourists. But for American-born Jayne Valseca and her husband Eduardo, son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, it became a hell on earth when Eduardo was ambushed by strangers and kidnapped in the summer of 2007.

Jayne knew that in Mexico kidnapping was a pervasive and lucrative business-a burgeoning criminal industry with few happy endings. This time the merchandise was her husband. Sealed in a dark seven-by-six, two-feet-wide box, Eduardo lived for seven months on little more than eggshells and chicken bones. He was subjected to the most cruel and humiliating mental and physical torture imaginable. He had no reason to believe he'd ever be found alive. As the ransom escalated, so did the stakes. But Jayne refused to be a pawn in the kidnappers' sick game. She decided to become a player. If she was to get her husband back alive, she'd have to be more cunning than the kidnappers and be cool, calculated and determined...

ABOUT THE AUTHORS –

JAYNE RAGER DE GARCIA VALSECA – Jayne Rager de Garcia Valseca worked as an actress in film and television and went on to be one of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences youngest members to ever vote on the Emmy Awards. A native of Silver Spring, Maryland, she and her husband founded a non-profit Waldorf School in San Miguel de Allende. It was in Mexico where she endured the kidnapping of her husband, who was returned after almost eight months. Her cancer is still in remission.

EDUARDO GARCIA VALSECA – The son of Col. Jose Garcia Valseca, one of Mexico’s most distinguished and beloved newspaper publishers, whose empire at its peak included 40 daily newspapers, Eduardo occupied a senior management position in his father’s company until his death in 1980. More recently, he was the host of a popular political round-table TV series in San Miguel de Allende.

Contact: Michael Wright 818-784-4600 gwprmike@sbcglobal.net